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Wow…what an incredible time in Austin, TX. Once again God did that whole “let me draw you in with my loving kindness, redeem & transform you by the power of My Son, and empower you to change the world by My Spirit” thing. It was awesome to watch God moving on students from all over the great Republic of Texas.

As always, it was a blast getting to work with the regional worship team made up of worship leaders and musicians from Austin, Abilene, San Marcos, Dallas, Longview, and Midland. We had a blast worshipping together as well as writing perhaps the greatest personal theme song ever for one of our beloved members (video on that later).

With worship being such an integral part of Campus Harvest let alone LIFE, I wanted to post the song pool that we used for the L.A., Jax, and Austin conferences so that those who attended could go get these amazing songs and get started on their worship library or add them to an already existing one.

This week I’m super stoked (yep…I said stoked) to be in Austin, TX for Campus Harvest. Last year was amazing and the expectation level going into this year is nuts.

Wednesday was an air travel day for me, as I journeyed to the next Campus Harvest location. Much of it was spent waiting in long lines, observing people pretending not to observe other people, and sitting extremely close with John “Lil John” Lumpkin in seats that were not meant for “full figured” people.

At some point I will probably need to devote an entire blog series to my “Adventures with John ‘Lil John’ Lumpkin”. He is kind of like having a character from an 80’s sitcom with you at all times…if that character were an 75yr old black man…trapped in a 27yr old body…with a voice like rolling thunder…that spoke in riddles…who just happens to be the nastiest drummer you ever heard. You know…THAT guy.

Anywho, the highlights of my day were the two bookends…a baby and bacon (the whole Battlestar Galactica thing was purely for alliteration purposes and a nod to The Office…of course).

#LionO

First of all, yesterday was my little man Judah’s (aka Cubby…aka LionO) 6 month birthday! I know it may seem kinda silly to be so amped about 6 months, but given that our baby girl Aria passed away just shy of the 6 month mark it’s made it more significant than ever. Life with Cubby has felt so surreal up to this point. I love holding him, kissing him, and making him do that unbelievably cute squeal/laugh.

However, I’ve often had the hardest time picturing him beyond Aria’s age. It was almost like I had internally constructed some kind of safety net that wouldn’t let me imagine him past a certain point in case “anything happened”.